Overalls.



Nu. 693,276. Patented Feb; ll, I902.

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(Application filed Dec. 9, 1901.)

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' SIMON KLAVIN SKY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

OVERALLS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent NO. 693,276, dated February11, 1902. Application filed December 9, 1901. Serial No. 85,135. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIMON KLAVINSKY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Overalls, of which the following is aspecification.

11This invention is an improvement in overa s.

As is well known, overalls are subjected to considerable strain of theseams, which strain occurs especially at the crotch; and the object ofthis invention is to provide an improved construction of overallswherein a fullness is formed at the rear of the crotch portion, so thatthe legs may be stretched apart in various directions freely withoutdanger of ripping the garment. This object is accomplished by making thecomplete garment of three main parts and without a separatecrotch-piece-to wit,a back or seat portion and two leg portionseach ofwhich can be conveniently cut in a direction lengthwise of the goodsthatis, with their length in the direction of the warp-threads-so that wasteis avoided.

The invention consists in certain constructions and arrangement of theparts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a view of the improvedoveralls at one stage in their manufacture-that is, before the sideedges of the legs are sewed together. Fig. 2 is'a vertical section ofthe completed overalls, taken approximately on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3.Fig. 3 is a rear view of the completed overalls.

The overalls of my invention comprise three main parts, as best shown inFig. 1 namely, a. back or seat portion a and left and right leg portions6 b. Theback or seat portion a in its fiat condition is shaped to havedownwardly diverging side edges 0, which are curved boldlyinward at thehip portions, as shown at d, and are then reversely curved, as at e, toproduce a comparatively wide semicircular and full crotch portion a. Itwill be observed that this crotch portion a is integral with the rest ofthe back or seat portion. The two leg portions are wholly separate fromeach other, except for about two by stitching to form inner side seams2', one

of which is shown in Fig. 2, they join to the central part 7 of thecrotch portion to form bridge h, which will produce a baggy fullness, asshown at j, which permits the wearer of theoveralls to stoop and tostretch his legs freely in any desired direction without any danger ofripping any ofthe seams.

Besides the advantage just pointed out these overalls possess theadvantage of having no seam in the middle of the back, but the back isconnected at its upper side margins c' to the leg portions along: thevertical line of the hips, as indicated in Fig. 2.

I am aware that overalls and similar nether garments have beenconstructed with a one piece back or body'portion connected at its loweredge to the legs,"but extending entirely around to the front of thegarment, where its vertical'edges arefastened together by ordinarydetachable fastening means. In this connection it is to be observed thatthe ma terial out of which overalls are usually made is woven in widthnot greater than twentyeight inches. It is therefore obvious that withthe construction of overalls just mentioned the one-piece back or bodyportion as it extends entirely around the body must be so cut from thecloth that the warp-threads thereof will extend around or transverselyof the garment, and therefore the weak weft- I threads will extendlongitudinally ofthe garment or up and down, and as a great strain inthe backs of overalls is also up and down it follows that this strain isput upon the cloth in the direction in which it can least withstand saidstrain. On the other hand, with the improved construction of theoveralls of my invention the back or seat portion a and two leg portions19 b can be and are cut so that the warp-threads will extend up and downin the directionof the darts, Fig. 1, because the said back or seatportion ct does not exceed in width the usual width of the goods out ofwhich it is out.

While the foregoing description refers solely to overalls, it is to beunderstood that the invention is likewise applicable to drawers, workingpants, and similar nether garments.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- Theherein-described nether garment, comprising two leg portions, 17,Z),wholly separated from each other except for ashort length below thefly-opening at the front; and a one piece back or seat portion, at,whose side edges, 0, are approximately on the vertical line of thehips,- and have a curve, (Z, at each hip portion and reverse curves, e,forming a semicircular crotch portion, a, the central part of saidcrotch portion being joined to the opposite side edges, g, of the legsbelow the flyopening to form a crotch-bridge, h, whereby a baggyfullness, j, is produced in the seat at the rear of the crotch, as andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

SIMON KLAVINSKY.

Witnesses:

JOSHUA 15. KLAVINSKY, FREDERICK S. Srrrr.

